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Radio Shack developed the TRS-80 that sold for about $399 and was their first color computer.
Speak & Spell made it's debut as the first electronic duplication of the human voice. It could store more than 100 seconds of sound.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed Microsoft.
The first fiber-obtic cable developed.
First successful landing on Mars.
Two young geeks, Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniac build a computer in Steve's parents garage. They call it the Apple.
The TMS 1000 was produced. A big part of the success of this was the low cost - a mere $2 in bulk orders. Due to the low price, the chip had the biggest succes in the consumer elctronics, used in ...
Dr. Martin Cooper who was a former general manager for Motorola made the first call on a portable cell phone in April 1973. He made the call to his rival, Joel Engel, Bell Labs head of research.
Hewlett Packard introduced a new calculator, stating "a fast, extremely accurate electronic slide rule" much like the computer.
Ray Tomlinson sent the first e-mail while he was at work. He was also credited for being the one to decide on the "@" sign for use in e-mail.
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